President Donald Trump advocated Tuesday for the death penalty for homicides in Washington, D.C., abolished decades ago in the U.S. capital, as part of his campaign in recent weeks to combat alleged serious crime.
“If someone murders someone in the capital, it’s the death penalty,” he declared during a meeting with his cabinet on Tuesday in the presence of reporters.
The White House resident insisted that “we will seek” the death penalty for anyone who commits homicide, claiming that it is “a very strong preventative measure.”
“Everyone who has heard of it (the measure) agrees,” he asserted, although he acknowledged that “I don’t know if we’re ready for it in this country.”
However, he stated that “we have no choice” but to reinstate the death penalty, as another step in his plan to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., despite having claimed just a few days ago that it was a “safe city” thanks to the deployment of the National Guard and the Federal Police (FBI).
Regarding the remaining states, the US president stated that they “will have to make their own decision.”
